STATE TOBACCO FACT SHEETS 2010

UTAH
Legacy in Utah
• Legacy has awarded $1,580,555.00 in grants to projects in Utah.

• Governor Jon Huntsman is a former member of Legacy’s Board of Directors.

• Governor Gary Herbert is a member of Legacy’s Board of Directors.

Tobacco Usage

• In FY10 Utah spent $8.3 million on tobacco prevention, which is 35.3% of the CDC Annual
Spending Target.1

• The CDC estimates that 55.7 % of adult smokers in Utah tried to quit smoking in 2008.2

• Utah received $97 million in tobacco settlement payments and taxes in FY10.3

• Utah has not securitized any of its Master Settlement Agreement dollars.4

ADULT CIGARETTE USE IN 2009 YOUTH CIGARETTE USE

17.9%

9.8%

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State Tobacco Laws9

Excise Tax: There is a tax of $0.695 per pack on cigarettes. The tax on moist snuff is $0.75 per
ounce and all other tobacco products are taxed 35% of selling price.

Clean Indoor Air Ordinances

• Smoking is prohibited in all child care centers, government buildings, restaurants,
schools, bars, health facilities and private workplaces.

Youth Access Laws

• The minimum age requirement for the purchase of tobacco products is 19, and penalties
exist for both minors and merchants who violate this law.

• Only sales clerks are allowed access to tobacco products prior to sale.

SOURCES
1
Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, A Decade of Broken Promises: The 1998 State Tobacco Settlement Eleven Years Later,
History of Spending for State Tobacco Prevention Programs FY2010, 2009
2
CDC, Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, 2008
3
Campaign For Tobacco-Free Kids, A Decade of Broken Promises: The 1998 State Settlement Eleven Years Later, State
Tobacco-Prevention Spending vs. State Tobacco Revenues, 2009
4
American Lung Association, SLATI State Reports, 2009
5
CDC, Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System, 2009
6
CDC, Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System, 2009
7
CDC, Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, 2009
8
CDC, Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, 2009
9
American Lung Association, SLATI State reports, 2009

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